Springfield daily republic. [volume] (Springfield, O. [Ohio]) 1887-1888, 1887-07-23
our or A JOB.
Answering Worthless Adssrti-s."-n,s
and Cheated nv rn Agency"
Special Correspondence,


cut Of work, day af er day seeking employ
m,'nt and finding none.
IL j. the inevitable result Of artificial Sys
t-nr~ II lahnr that large population must
ever remain idle No amount "f E-uiu-, in
fiurn"e. ar even money, can lind work. lhrTt
ate tao few situations Ia go round, and in tn,
ti-r~. Srr.tnhl- FOR employment Thousand.
g,.t tram;,l,i into the mire Of poverty, star
Nation snl crime.
The unemployed amuseS himself hy an
Sw-ring the advertisements in the daily pa
per> for help wanted. in the vain ho,e ot
securing position. The 50 called position,
advertised vacant are either too desperate
ar ton unreal 10 get filed privately
\ situation Is offered to All energetic man
with some knowleig- Of business" the Salary
h,ug So week. This invariably turns out
L. hc "A request foI the services uf an ordinary
h"nk cauVSsSer, who is required "to take" 81
many orders a week before the salary Is
forthcoming
There l. M hISin,-~S in life 50 easy t. sue
rfs-i in ~ hook camVsS>ing according Ia the
man who 'rp,l> his heels ON the othc, desk.
The NIotIm who through force Of adveT>- cir
Cum>tan~S ar criminal want Of Judgment
Ventures 10 canvass books finds out O..
Ssru that the difference between gIItter aIt,l
gold II a very tangible thing
The circular beginning "taSar wss a book
canyHS~-r. Nsp,l-nn WAS book canvasSer,
and Grant p-idi.pl books when h- wasn't
fighting etc. has sent many u bright Youth
I" an umtimely grave.
Thtr- ia New York an increasing mum
Ter ut 81 called employ Nment agencies" that
daily .pT-si n tempting array Of vacant situa
tons guIng a-ls-ggng for men To ill them.
How the mouth nf the unsnphisticated youth,
>.ekin- position. must water At >uch a list
"a chooSA from. He can be an office man
sger.' or one of the thirty two cashiers,
seventy six correspondents OF ffty-six h"ok-
k-ep-rs" wanted, not to mention the floor.
walkers, clerks, typewriters, stenographerS.
draughtsm-n," etc. But when he comes to
taste these apples OF Sodom he is apt 10 make
wrv face
Your correspondent, when in a restaurant
few days ago. met an intellectual man out
Of employment All his efforts to obtain "a ,.o-
sition met With disappointment. He stated
that It was impossible to obtain po>itinn Of
any r->p,N.tsblity without the most eNten-
sre influence or money to buy it.
Take my own case" said he. II am the
graduate Of university and have been An
editor. an insurance sgent and for some Years
hsd charge nf a stockbroker's Office. am a
first class correspondent, can keep accounts
aud hold the very highest references from all
NV former employers and find il impossible
{" obtain a position. | neither chew nor
smoke, gamble nor steal, swear nor drink,
Yet n"body, u seems, wants 10 give me EN-
pl"yment l am now six months out Of
work, and having a wife and three children
10 support, You NAV guess l am very ha'i on.
Il have replied to hundreds OF advertise
ments and am fortunate If l get one reply to
every ten letters write, and even then there
J. always some technicsiity that defeats me.
IAN Insurance company told HE my appli.
cation was second on list Of seventy two
candidates. il the first name didn't get the
position. they would give II to me. The first
man got it.
A dry goods firm told me if l Were only
acquainted with the dry goods trade, could
secure the position OF correspondent adVer-
tIset- They gave it To dry goods man..
Have you ever tried any OF the employ
mrHt agencies qu-ried the correspondent
YES. sir, he replied, but | found them
I" - s"indlee, devised TO prey upon the un-
fortunate.
Il called upon a firm that advertised
seNettN-t"o positions vacant, and told them
wanted work. The manager stated that he
could possibly obtain HE a first class situation
""uid only register my name and pay
The Tee "t 81
i pali the money and told the manager l
dldnt want HIM to look around specially on
my h~haf, but simply wished one of the
seventy -t"" positions vacant"
We'll, he said, call to morrow and III hx
You IN good job
Il called, but he stated that the employer
20 whose good grsoes he wished to consign
NE had informed him that be was so we'll
satisfied with the man lie had sent over prior
10 my arrival that lie wouldn't make
change. But, said the manager, what Oh
)rtl"h nave You 10 take $l,op pssitlon as
caNhlerF
None Whatever said, where IN the
iobf
Gall III tomorrow, said he, and I'll tiK
sou.
w by not send me over nowf inquired.
Well, lie said, 4 must first communicate
with the employer 20 appoint an hour for the
interview. You call here at Il noon to-mor-
row and Ill send you over 70 the man HIM
self.
d" So saving he gave me a meloiramatic
squeeze of the hand to inspire confidence in
him.
Il called the next day, As arranged, bus
found the manager unaccountably absent
Il demonstrated with the only other EN-
pl"y- visible, but the youth simply shook his
head Hnd said he kne" nothing about IL